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Re: Fun with MF images

[QUOTE=Christopher;352508]Another one just finished. It is part from a much bigger Pano, but I liked it a lot so I made this one.

P65 - R HR-W 90mm (around 4 Images stitched)

Christopher:

I find the water reflections fascinating; I would be tempted to print an image with only the water. I am mystified by the orange strip on the left side of the reflection. I can not find its origin in the skyline.

Re: Fun with MF images

Jack,
I was just joking about the workshop in Zion,
I myself probably could not make the journey and Im in pretty good shape.
Though I would love to go down there one day with another photographer who has done the journey before.

Steven

Originally Posted by Jack

If you've ever done the hike, you'll understand why we don't take a group in there! Seriously, the liability exposure prevents it. It is hard work, you have to slog the river, some sections nearly waist-deep, and it's all upstream for about 4 miles -- so you need to be in shape. (The downstream return is relatively easy.) You can enter from above, but there is a section you need to rope down, so it requires some basic rock climbing gear and expertise. On the upside, you get images that most folks never will. Fall when the aspens turn is the best time IMHO, though there are not many trees in the gorge area itself -- but the water and Sun are lower and the light is quite nice. I pack my gear in kayaking "dry bags" and in turn put those in a proper trekking back-pack with support -- it is easy to fall in that little river... Boots with felt creeper soles help grip the slick river rocks, and a wading staff can provide added stability. It's a worthwhile excursion, but do it with a buddy or two for safety and carry some emergency gear for an unplanned overnight.

Re: Fun with MF images

Christopher, I like the muted color and light in your images. All nice images but the vertical is my favorite.

It is interesting to see the different approaches to lighting and color in this forum. Very different but most are natural looking as well.

Kudos!

Thx a lot. It was an amazing time ins Sydney and I had a week of brilliant weather. Many different conditions. Shnaghai wasn't that great and the muted colors from the third image, are pretty much real. There was only done some small processing. It was extremly hazy. I just whished I had more time traveling, but than again I currently can't keep up with processing ;-)

Re: Fun with MF images

Another one just finished. It is part from a much bigger Pano, but I liked it a lot so I made this one.

P65 - R HR-W 90mm (around 4 Images stitched)

Christopher:

I find the water reflections fascinating; I would be tempted to print an image with only the water. I am mystified by the orange strip on the left side of the reflection. I can not find its origin in the skyline.

Tom

The Orange comes from the "street" lamp, which looks more like a huge street lamp. It was very bright.

Re: Fun with MF images

Nice shots Steven. How come you get to live in these cool places? How's the new system? Here is one from last summer. An approaching storm in the Badlands, SD. Nothing special, but what interests me are the cloud patterns. I've seen faces in clouds before, but this one seems devilish.

Re: Fun with MF images

Originally Posted by kuau

Steve,

Magnificent! Great color, detail, and composition. With that hint of blue sky in the upper right and dark clouds in the upper left, I almost want to see more of the sky. I can't wait to see your captures of fall color in the Rockies. Hope I can join you one of these days.

Re: Fun with MF images

Thanks Paul and Jack. I must say given the terrain and weather I should have been able to do better.
Another cloud shot: There was a front that moved through yesterday (W. New York). As Bill and anyone who spends time on the Great Lakes knows, weather systems can appear rapidly and with considerable violence. The incoming front pictured below was taken yesterday around 7 pm (645D, 35mm). When I took this there was a slight breeze and a temperature of about 70 F; within a few minutes, winds were around 35mph accompanied by rain and temperature drops. I'm glad I wasn't on a boat
Note the downdraft causing a lighter colored ripple in the water ahead of the cloud.

Re: Fun with MF images

Originally Posted by Joe Colson

Steve,

Magnificent! Great color, detail, and composition. With that hint of blue sky in the upper right and dark clouds in the upper left, I almost want to see more of the sky. I can't wait to see your captures of fall color in the Rockies. Hope I can join you one of these days.

Joe

Thanks Joe, Yeah it should start getting good pretty soon here . actually any day now. I took this one today of the trees..

Re: Fun with MF images

Originally Posted by tsjanik

When I took this there was a slight breeze and a temperature of about 70 F; within a few minutes, winds were around 35mph accompanied by rain and temperature drops. I'm glad I wasn't on a boat
Note the downdraft causing a lighter colored ripple in the water ahead of the cloud.

Re: Fun with MF images

Couldn't sleep so working on some images from Thursday night. The reds are terrific right now here in Utah. We have sort of a double fall here. Reds pop sometime in Sept. and as they peak and then fade, the yellows of aspens start to shine into October. (and of course, after the mountains lose their color, you can head to places like Zions in late Oct or early Nov and still get some great color). Here are a couple of ones I like so far ...

Re: Fun with MF images

I love the fall shots Wayne. I envy you folks in the west -great natural features in every direction. Great cloud shots Bill. We don't have the mountains or deserts, but we do get fabulous cloud formations in the east.
Thanks for all the kind comments. Here’s another from last week, after the front passed through. A manual stitch of two images. Very surreal color, which I may have overdone in post.

Re: Fun with MF images

Originally Posted by Wayne Fox

Couldn't sleep so working on some images from Thursday night. The reds are terrific right now here in Utah. We have sort of a double fall here. Reds pop sometime in Sept. and as they peak and then fade, the yellows of aspens start to shine into October. (and of course, after the mountains lose their color, you can head to places like Zions in late Oct or early Nov and still get some great color). Here are a couple of ones I like so far ...

Phase DF with 75-150 at 135mm, 3 sec at f/8, ISO 35

Phase DF with 75-150 at 125mm, 1.3 sec at f/8, ISO 35

I love the second image !

I just can't wait to be next week for 10 days in NH & Vermont to take that kind of beautiful pictures ! Red, green, yellow
wow !

Re: Fun with MF images

Thanks Bob, I've been hanging around for about a week waiting for the marine layer to move on but it keeps hanging around. This was the first decent morning in several days. I'm giving it one more morning than moving on to Acadia for a day or two.

Re: Fun with MF images

I like the skyline and clouds together Christopher. Is this a crop or stitch?

Looks like you took this near the botanical gardens. I thought Sydney was a very approachable city photographically speaking. The parks don't close and shut you out at night either.

Where you able to get anything from across the coat hanger bridge?

Thx a lot Ed. The image is stitched out of two images. One for the sky and one for the water. I really loved Sydney. I have a lot more images from a few other points as well. I just haven't had the time to finish all. (Currently visting Boston for a week)

Re: Fun with MF images

I have been too ill to keep up, but I have now sent off the pictures for my wife's website. (Rosalind Caplis Dance) but the pictures may not be up till the end of the week. The cartwheel shot was 1/500th no flash and looks OK with slight blur... but due to 400iso and attempts to rectify back lighting the costume is noisy.

It is interesting that the one shot on the website taken with a Hasselblad looks, to me, so much better that the rest,,, in spite of having been downsized to 2MB.

I think any large flash used at a small percentage of it's maximum power gives a short flash.

Originally Posted by dick

I shouldn't mention it here, but I have resorted to a GH2 for no-flash (dance) studio pictures of dancers and gymnasts, mainly for my wife's website.

The H4D-40 is much better than my H4D-60, and it would be nice to have both...

A tech cam would be good for this shot?

I have used my H4D-60 for dancers with my 4 head studio flash system, and should be able to use it with my 4 head Metz system.

PS I have a diagnosis, and I am booked in for a Cardioversion on 6th October.

Originally Posted by bythewei

Dick, the trick here is really the flash (lighting) and not so much the camera itself.

I use the Profoto Pro 8a and two pro-heads to photograph her using high-speed flash photography.

With the Profoto Pro8a, you are looking at 20 flashes per second or 1/12000th second per burst.

It was that incredibly fast flash speed that freezes her, not the H4D-40.